Logical reasoning and fantasy contexts: Eliminating differences between children with and without experience in school

Interamerican Journal of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-22

  Da Dias, Maria Graça B B ^a   Roazzi, Antonio ^a   O'Brien, David P ^b   Harris, Paul L ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Socioeconomic status; Syllogistic reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955002492     PISSN: 00349690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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